State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: New Mexico vs New York
Middle School Teachers in New York earn a median of $94,840. In New Mexico, $75,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.2% — not 20.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.7%
New Mexico vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-7.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Mexico
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $75,240
- p25
- $64,080
- p75
- $77,640
- p10
- $61,630
- p90
- $82,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -10%
New York
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $94,840
- p25
- $75,990
- p75
- $124,280
- p10
- $60,040
- p90
- $137,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -48%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.